Large machines harvest corn in Hulun Buir City, North China’s Inner Mongolia Auton¬omous Region, on November 3, 2021 during the autumn harvest. As of October 28, more than 80 percent of the autumn grain had been harvested, ensuring a bumper year.
by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2021 - 09:45 PM
A dam near the city of Zhengzhou in central China s Henan province has been destroyed by heavy flooding, after being seriously damaged in heavy storms that killed several people and brought the region to a halt, local media reported.
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- Chinese army deployed to help
- At least 12 people dead
- More than 10,000 evacuated
- Yihetan dam in center of country could collapse anytime pic.twitter.com/leiLJEfU2r Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 20, 2021
The dam is the third to fail in recent days: over the weekend, due to severe rain, two dams in Hulun Buir City in North China s Inner Mongolia collapsed. Fortunately, however, no injuries have been reported.
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by Tyler Durden
Monday, Jul 19, 2021 - 07:40 PM
Two dams collapsed in China s northwestern region of Inner Mongolia after heavy rains, Reuters reports, citing a statement from the water ministry on Monday.
Both dams were located in the Inner Mongolian city of Hulunbuir and collapsed on Sunday. There were more than 1.6 trillion cubic feet of water capacity between both dams.
On July 18, the dams on the open spillway of Yong an Reservoir and Xinfa Reservoir in the Daur Autonomous Banner of Morin Dawa, were breached and collapsed as the water level of the Nuomin River continued to rise because of heavy rain, according to People s Daily.
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